In Winnipeg, the goal was more frequent and on-time buses.

New maps and analysis reveal a different picture — one with stark impacts for lower-income neighbourhoods, @jsrutgers.bsky.social and @malakabas.bsky.social report:

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Agricultural trade between Canada and the U.S. is worth US$70 billion. As tariff threats fly, @jsrutgers.bsky.social writes, farmers in Manitoba and Minnesota are trying stay optimistic as they worry about crop revenues dropping as the cost of fertilizer spikes. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-far...

Manitoba's Riding Mountain National Park was the frontline of the westward invasion of zebra mussels, but Parks Canada now says stopping their spread there is 'no longer an achievable option.'

What's next for the rest of Western Canada? via @jsrutgers.bsky.social

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NEW: A recording of a closed-door meeting shows Sio Silica’s latest tack in Manitoba: numerous promises to Brokenhead Ojibway Nation, including millions in equity. Now the community faces “a great divide,” @jsrutgers.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-sio...

Plastics permeate our lives. But recycling them has been dubbed everything from a hopeless endeavour to a fraud. Here’s what really happens to your blue bin — and a Winnipeg duo working to reduce the waste, via @jsrutgers.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-rec...

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A proposal to push the City of Winnipeg closer to phasing out the use of natural gas in new and existing buildings is in limbo.

To produce electricity in Manitoba, clearings as wide as 50 highway lanes make way for power lines that link massive hydro dams with urban centres, supplying an ever-growing thirst for electricity.

See for yourself: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-hyd... via photographer Tim Smith & @jsrutgers.bsky.social

In chilly Winnipeg, natural gas heating accounts for 40 per cent of emissions.
The city council's environment committee has been eyeing phasing out the fossil fuel — but it's divided on whether to take the next step, reports @jsrutgers.bsky.social
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Introducing the Moose Questionnaire! We're asking artists, athletes and other interesting folks some serious — and silly — questions about their love of the natural world. First up is Marc Garneau: who better to launch 🚀 something new than an astronaut? thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

Hello! It looks like we need to ... skeet? ... more! An intro to The Narwhal for new followers: we're a team of investigative journalists based in Canada, telling stories about the natural world. As a non-profit supported by 6,500 members, our stories are free for all to read: www.thenarwhal.ca

By @jsrutgers.bsky.social, who travelled to northern Manitoba to meet members of five Cree nations reclaiming land flooded for hydroelectricity. They call their homelands Kitaskeenan Kaweekanawaynichikatek, the land we want to protect. Gorgeous photos by Tim Smith. thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-kit...